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I haven't been following Maccabi T-A, of course, but it looks, from this story in the May 10 Jerusalem Post that Jeremy arrived at the end of April in a nick of time:

The BSL Final Four is just one month away, but the title race seems to only be getting vaguer by the day.

Each team will have three more regular season games to play after this weekend ahead of the start of the best-of-five quarterfinal playoffs.

The likes of Hapoel Gilboa/Galil, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Eilat have also already proven this season that they can beat any team on their day, making the race to qualify for the Final Four, not to mention win the season-ending tournament, tighter than ever.

Maccabi Tel Aviv hasn’t even reached the BSL final in the past three years, and despite an encouraging start to the season, has completely capitulated since losing to Holon in the cup final almost three months ago.

The yellow-and-blue has won just six of its past 20 games overall competitions, including six losses of its last 10 BSL contests. Croatian coach Neven Spahija has been lucky not to lose his job and he completely lost his cool following Monday’s 74-69 setback in Eilat.

Maccabi slipped away with a tight win over Ironi Nes Ziona with 98-95.

Jeremy Pargo worked his wonders in the final period, adding 20 out of his 26 points in the final stretch of the game. Pargo executed the visitors with 4/6 from the three-point line and added up to 30 points of index rating, the highest of any other player in the game.

The Yellow and Blue squad improved to a 22-10 record in the Israeli league standings, forcing their opponents to 13-19.

Not sure what's happening in Israel, but the season may be over due to a player's strike and management failing to reach a settlement.

From twitter:

Maccabi Tel Aviv BC
‏Verified account @MaccabitlvBC
1h1 hour ago

(1/2) Dear Fans,
We have received the announcement made by the league administration with great sorrow, according to the announcement: “Under these current circumstances, the situation does not allow the league to continue” >>

Strike plays games with Israeli hoops
The last time the Israeli players called a strike was five years ago.

After five days in which the Basketball Super League bosses and the Israeli players’ union traded threats and following the postponement of Monday’s BSL action due to the strike called by the players, the sides met once more on Tuesday evening in the office of the Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev.

The minister believed she would be able to get the parties to agree to a compromise that will at least allow the 2017/18 season to end as scheduled.

The Israeli league and the players association reached some sort of agreement that will permit the remainder of the season to be played out, per Eurohoops.net. Maccabi T-A's next game is scheduled for 5/27/18 at 11:45 AM.

Maccabi claims top seed after overpowering Herzelia 85:97 on the road
Maccabi fired on all cylinders in most of the first half but Herzelia managed to comeback in the second before Pargo and Roll called game. Tyus finished with MVP honors after putting up a monster display of 20P & 5R

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv wanted to finish the domestic league regular season on a high note as they faced Bnei Herzelia on the road. Spahija's squad was firing on all cylinders as they took the 16:40 lead early in the second quarter. The locals managed to cut Maccabi's lead to just 10 points in the fourth quarter but Pargo and Roll remained poised as Maccabi got the 85:97 win on the road. Spahija's squad finished the regular season as the number one seed with a record of 23:10.

Coach Spahija's starting five: Pargo, Kane, Roll, Jake and Tyus. Cohen and Tyus scored for the visitors who took the early 0:6 lead. Maccabi continued to capitalize on both ends of the court as Roll and Tyus made it 0:12 lead four minutes into the game. The visitors' dominance continued deep into the first as Pargo and John-Di made it 7:25 with just under three minutes remaining in the first, Herzelia started scoring but Spahija's squad kept their composure as they took the 12:29 at the end of the first quarter.
Maccabi kept their double digit lead at the beginning of the second quarter as Bolden completed a three point play (16:35). Coach Shivek called for a timeout as Bolden and Tyus increased Maccabi's lead to 16:40, Herzlia trimmed the visitors' lead to 30:48 forcing coach Spahija to call for a timeout. Herzelia continued their run trimming down Maccabi's lead to just 11 points but Bolden's three pointer gave Maccabi the 40:54 lead at halftime.

Pargo took control over the game at the beginning of the third quarter scoring 11 points helping Maccabi withstand Herzelia's comeback attempt. Cohen and Tyus increased the visitors' lead to 55:73 putting Herzelia's comeback attempt to an end. Dawson's free throw took Maccabi's lead down to 17 points but Cole found Cohen for a corner three pointer at the buzzer to put Maccabi ahead 58:78 at the end of the third.

Adrian scored for the locals at the beginning of the fourth quarter but Tyus connected with Pargo to keep Maccabi ahead 61:80. Herzelia capitalized on a three point play and a technical to complete an 8:0 run forcing coach Spahija to call for a timeout (69:80). Roll scored a three pointer but Adrian and Dawson reacted (73:83). Roll capitalized on a technical fouled called upon coach Shivek (73:89). Dawson completed a 5:0 run by the locals who made another run at a comeback but Bolden and Pargo kept Herzelia at bay as the scoreboard was showing 78:93 with just under 03:30 remaining in the game. Pargo and Roll made sure Maccabi will get the 85:97 win.

Maccabi protects home court to take 2:1 lead over Ness Ziona
Maccabi capitalized on an intense game and are now 40 minutes away from securing a F4 spot in the domestic league.

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv got the job done at home after a 102:93 win over Ness Ziona taking to the 2:1 lead in the playoffs. The game started with neither one of the sides allowing its opponent to create a safety distance until the fourth quarter where Thomas Cole Pargo and Kane came big to take the win locking their sights at game four where they can secure their F4 spot.

Maccabi leads the series 2-1. Next game is Monday, June 6, at 11:30 PDT.

Question: I noticed on two occasions that JP made a pass to a teammate and that teammate was fouled during the act of shooting. If that teammate makes both FT's does that mean JP gets an assist as well?

Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv overpowered crosstown rival Hapoel Tel Aviv 98-74 in their single-game Israeli League semifinal. Alex Tyus starred with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks to lead Maccabi, Jeremy Pargo also scored 18 points, Deshaun Thomas added 17, Norris Cole 13 and John Dibartolomeo 12. Maccabi outrebounded Hapoel 46-26 and made 12 of 25 three-pointers (48%). Adrian Banks led Hapoel with 16 points and Tony Gaffney, Raviv Limonad and Tomer Ginat added 10 points each. Maccabi will face the winner of Monday's semifinal between Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem and UNET Holon in the title game. Hapoel led 22-24 after 10 minutes and trailed 40-43 at halftime, but Maccabi scored the first 7 points of the second half to take a double-digit lead and then dominated the fourth quarter with 31 points scored compared to just 14 for Hapoel to wrap up the win.

The Sports Rabbi, with a postmortem of the game, including some nice props for Jeremy:

3) But what was the biggest factor that gave Maccabi an advantage over the other teams? It was two things each starting with the letter P, practice and Pargo, “I spoke about the importance of practice all season and because of the rule of having two Israeli players on the court at all time which is not played in Europe. Since we finished the Euroleague, we started to breathe and started to practice the strike helped us as we practiced and didn’t stop. I think that was also an important part. Playing every three days with a different roster made it very difficult. I really don’t understand how to work under the condition but we found a way. The addition of Jeremy Pargo was so important for us.”

Maccabi Tel Aviv extended the contract of American guard Jeremy Pargo, the club announced Wednesday (11/7). The player will thus embark on his third season with the Israeli team, after his stints in 2010-2011, 2014-2015 and 2018.

Pargo, 32, returned to Maccabi on April and was instrumental in helping the club win the Israeli Winner League title by averaging 12.5 points, 8 assists, and 2.8 rebounds during 29.7 minutes per game in the playoffs. It was Pargo’s second title with Maccabi, following the 2011 championship.

Throughout his career, Pargo has also played for CSKA Moscow, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Cleveland Cavaliers plus multiple teams in China. Next season he will return to EuroLeague where he last played in 2015.

Throughout his career, Pargo has also played for CSKA Moscow, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Cleveland Cavaliers plus multiple teams in China. Next season he will return to EuroLeague where he last played in 2015.

Am I correct in thinking there are potentially 3 former Zag PG’s that could play against each other in EuroLeague: Pargo, Pangos and Williams-Goss?!

Jeremy Pargo will not be available for the match of Maccabi Tel-Aviv against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday (16/10).

The American guard is dealing with back issues and his condition will be re-evaluated during the week. Maccabi will face the Muscovites on Tuesday and then they will play against Buducnost on the road on Thursday (18/10).